These birds were happy to pose for a photo on the sea wall that protects the Royal Botanic Gardens from Sydney Harbour, otherwise known as Port Jackson. The birds are Masked Lapwings or Spur-winged Plovers, which are native to Australia.
Ives Steps Wharf is located beside Pier One at Dawes Point, looking out on Sydney Harbour. The infamous Billy Blue operated a regular passenger boat service from Dawes Point across the harbour to Blues Point from 1830. The boat dock was approximately where the Ives Steps Wharf is now, but at that time it was called Waterman’s Steps. They were renamed after Alderman Isaac Ellis Ives around 1896.
Walsh Bay is on Sydney Harbour, stretching between Dawes Point and Millers Point. Pier 2 and Pier 3 of the Walsh Bay wharves, were originally part of Sydney’s port facilities. The old warehouses on the wharves here have been converted into theatres, galleries, offices, hotels, apartments, restaurants, cafes and shops.
These yachts are moored in on Sydney Harbour, with the eastern suburbs of Vaucluse and as a backdrop.Click here to view all participants of Weekend Reflections
This sunset is over the inner west suburb of Birchgrove, with Balmain East to the left and Goat Island to the right. The view across Port Jackson (or Sydney Harbour) is from Clyne Reserve at Millers Point.
The view from Campbells Cove wharf at The Rocks, out across Sydney Harbour and the Sydney Opera House. Campbells Cove is named after merchant Robert Campbell, who took up residence on land bought here in 1798, building warehouses and private wharves.